Handled support for cups, glasses, and other containers



March 26, 1940. HANFoRD 2,194,898

HANDLED SUPPORT FOR dUPS, GLASSES, AND OTHER CONTAINERS Filed Jan. 51,1939 INVENTOR. ly'likoLD HENRY Kelsi/er Hfl/VfORD.

Patented Mar. 26, 1940 UNITED STATES HANDLED' SUPPORT FOR CUP S,GLASSES, AND OTHER CONTAINERS Harold Henry Robert Hanford, Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada Application January 31,1939, Serial No. 253,791

3 Claims. (01. 294-27) My invention relates to improvements in handledsupports for such articles as cups, glasses and other containers.

The object of the invention is primarily to provide a support ofextremely low cost which is capable of encircling a paper cup or othercontainer having either tapered side walls or a projecting upper rim; toprovide means whereby a portion of the support may engage the upper rimof the container supported; to provide a portion of said support whichwill normally lie below said container rim, so that the lip of the usercontacts the container and not the support, and

to provide means extending from the container by which the container maybe lifted or carried. A further object is to provide'means forpreventing the support from sliding down the side walls of thecontainer.

The support is adapted, if required for temporary use only, to be madeof light cardboard or other suitable sheet material, and if intended forreuse it may in its simplest form be made ready formed of plastic, glassor other material, such as cast or sheet material.

The invention consists of a piece of'material slotted horizontallytodefine upper and lower strips which are adapted to be drawn apart topermit a container to be carried between said strips, the ends of saidmaterial serving as handles or handle supports, as will be more fullydescribed in the following specification and shown in the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Fig. l is a view of the blank from which the invention in its simplestform is made.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the invention as applied to a paper cupor glass.

Fig. 3 is a view of the blank of a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the modification as applied to a papercup or a glass.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the modification as applied to a papercontainer of rectangular form.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

The numeral I, see Figures 1 and 2, is a blank of the support preferablymade of sheet material and having an incision. 2 extending horizontallyintermediate its length. Vertical creases 3, shown in dotted line, areprovided which intersect the horizontal incision 2. The incision 2 maybe made alternately along the dotted line 4 if desired to leave an equalstrength in the blank at the vertical creases, both above and below saidincision.

To fit the support to a paper cup indicated in dotted line as at 5 inFigure 2, the upper and lower portions 6 and l of the blank I are pulledapart and curved that the base of the cup may pass therethrough, thusleaving the extremities of the blank projecting as shown in Figure 2 toprovide a pair of handles 8. The handles 8 are preferably provided withan orifice 9 into which the tip of thumb or finger may project toprovide a better grip. v

As a means for preventing the support from sliding downwardly on thetaper of the container, I may provide a spring clip ll having aninturned portion Ii which would project over the upper rim of thecontainer. Should the support be made of plastic or other substantiallyrigid material, the clip Ill could be either affixed or moulded into thestructure.

In the modification shown in Figures 3, 4 and 5, the support consistingof ablank I5 having a central horizontal incision l6 defining upper andlower band portions IT and I8 which serve jointly to grip a container inthesame manner as the upper and lower portions 6 and i ofthe strip I,see Figure 4. The upper and lower portions I! and I8 are each divided byan incision l9 defining two outer portions to serve, if desired, ashandles. Crease lines 2| are formed at the ends of the incision l6,which enable the upper and To fit the support shown in the modification.

to a container such as a cup or glass, the upper and lower portions I!and I8 are drawn apart in the manner previously described for the blanki and the terminal portions 22 become the handles by which the containeris lifted.

If the blank I5 is to be fitted to a rectangular container such as isindicated in dotted line in Figure 5, the outer handle portions 20 aredrawn upwardly to crease at the crease lines 24 and the upper and lowerportions I! and it are spread apart, creasing at the crease lines 2|, soas to form jointly a container encircling band 25 into, which thecontainer is inserted, as shown in Figure 5.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A handled support for containers such as paper cups and the likecomprising an encircling member divided into upper and lower portions,

3. A handled support for containers such as paper cups and the likecomprising an elongated strip of material having an incisionsubstantially along a medial portion of its longitudinal axis to defineupper and lower container encircling portions and terminal portionsadapted to serve as handles and to connect the upper and lower portionstogether, and means integral with the strip for engaging the upper edgeof the container to prevent said handled support from 10 ovingdownwardly.

HAROLD HENRY ROBERT HANFORD.

